UCF Quantum Initiative

About Us

The UCF Quantum Initiative brings together a multidisciplinary team of experts working on diverse aspects of quantum technologies – from algorithms for quantum computing and error correction to integrated quantum photonics, quantum metasurfaces, quantum transduction, and solid-state quantum bits – with the unifying goal of exploring and developing solutions for interoperability across platforms and scales and a strong determination to build a competitive workforce in quantum information science and technology (QIST).

This initiative is underpinned by the strong research capabilities in quantum information science and technology present at three UCF colleges: Engineering and Computer Science, Optics and Photonics, and Sciences.

News and Events

  • Congratulations to Alex Khanikaev for his new NSF REFLEQTS award! This $2M, three-year grant will fund a major multi-institutional research project to conceive, explore, design and realize a new class of devices based on an emergent quantum physics of periodically driven materials.
  • Congratulations to Leland Nordin for his new Air Force Young Investigator award! He is receiving $450K to develop infrared detectors for a variety of applications.

Quantum Journal Club Seminar (Friday, October 31, 2025, 4:30 pm, PSB 160/161): Rachid Ben Khallouq from Jing Xu’s group will present the paper:

“Quantum control of a single magnon in a macroscopic spin system” by D. Xu et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 193603 (2023) https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.193603